DCFP Food Pantry drive

The spring 2025 food drive for Durham Community Food Pantry will be on the weekend of March 8 and 9. Please bring your food donations to Mass. 

Look for the DCFP truck in the north parking lot or the donation bin outside the worship center doors for those parking in the south parking lot.

We’ll gratefully accept food and cash donations to help feed the hungry in our neighboring communities. Please make checks payable to DCFP. You can also make online donations via WeShare.

Donate

We also need volunteers to help unload groceries from people's cars, collect monetary donations, and help load the DCFP food truck.

Volunteer

Here's a list of what's needed. The most urgent items are in boldface:

    • Canned fruits (apple sauce, peaches, fruit cocktail)
    • Canned vegetables (green beans, corn, peas, carrots)
    • Canned tuna or chicken
    • Peanut butter (plastic jar)
    • No/low sugar cereal boxes
    • Pasta or tomato sauce (no glass)
    • Pasta noodle boxes
    • Canned soup
    • 1lb bag of rice
    • 1lb bag of dried beans
    • Mac & cheese boxes
    • Soap bars
    • Toothbrushes and toothpaste
    • Paper towels and toilet paper rolls
    • Baby wipes and diapers
    • Infant formula and baby food
    • Laundry pods

The Durham Community Food Pantry is a Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh program that works to end food insecurity in nearby Durham and Orange counties. The program is a collaborative effort engaging multiple partners to address this incredibly important need. 

Since opening in May 2019, the DCFP has grown rapidly, distributing over 1.25 million pounds of food annually. The pantry serves a vulnerable and underserved community. It uses a traditional food pantry model to distribute prepackaged and fresh groceries weekly based on family size. 

Surrounding counties are also served through its monthly mobile pantry, which distributes prepackaged and fresh groceries to reduce the distance families need to travel to access nutritious food.

If you’re interested in volunteering at the Durham Food Pantry, please see the volunteer information in the link below. You can also contact Jim Duffy. He’d gladly discuss the many volunteer opportunities at the pantry's weekly food distribution days.

Volunteer at DCFP